| Season Number: | 2 | ||||
| Bgcolour: | lavender | ||||
| Num Episodes: | 13 | ||||
| Network: | ProSieben | ||||
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The second season of German reality TV show Germany's Next Topmodel (GNTM) aired on German television network ProSieben from 1 March 2007 to 31 May 2007, with commercial presentation by Opel Tigra Twin Top and Staatl. Fachingen. The show helped promote the modelling careers of both finalist Hana Nitsche and winner Barbara Meier, with the former working as a lingerie model for Victoria's Secret and the latter working in high fashion. The international destinations for this season were set in St. Moritz, Cape Town, Bangkok and Los Angeles.
(ages stated are at start of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Outcome | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie | 17 | Gammelsdorf | Episode 2 | ||
| Alina | 16 | Munich | |||
| 18 | Munich | 15 | |||
| Antje Pötke | 22 | Strausberg | Episode 3 | ||
| Enyerlina Sanchez | 25 | ||||
| Janina Cüpper | 21 | Aachen | Episode 4 | 12 | |
| Alla Kosovan | 18 | Episode 5 | 11 | ||
| Denise Dahinten | 19 | Bruchköbel | Episode 6 | 10 | |
| Aneta Tobor | 21 | Castrop-Rauxel | Episode 7 | 9–8 | |
| Tonia Michaely | 19 | Berlin | |||
| Michaela 'Milla' von Krockow | 20 | Göttingen | Episode 8 | 7 | |
| Anja Platzer | 19 | St. Stefan, Austria | Episode 9 | 6 | |
| Mandy Graff | 18 | Kehlen, Luxembourg | Episode 11 | 5–4 | |
| Fiona Erdmann | 18 | Bremen | |||
| Hana Nitsche | 21 | Oftersheim | Episode 13 | 3 | |
| Anne-Kathrin 'Anni' Wendler | 21 | Schwerin | 2 | ||
| Barbara Meier | 20 | Amberg | 1 |
| Place | Model | Episodes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 1 | Barbara | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Winner |
| 2 | Anni | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT |
| 3 | Hana | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| 4–5 | Fiona | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Mandy | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
| 6 | Anja | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| 7 | Milla | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 8–9 | Aneta | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Tonia | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| 10 | Denise | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| 11 | Alla | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| 12 | Janina | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Antje | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| Enyerlina | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| 15 | Janine | OUT | |||||||||||
| Alina | |||||||||||||
| Sophie | |||||||||||||
The contestant withdrew from the competition
The contestant was in danger of elimination
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was one of the best performers of the week, and was declared safe before the elimination ceremony
The contestant won the competition
Many fans were able to find out the eliminated contestant from the next week's episode beforehand.
In February 2023, the Berliner Zeitung published an article about the show with the headline: "Why isn't Germany’s Next Topmodel actually canceled?"[4]
In March 2023, in a "13 questions" interview on ZDF.[5] [6] former judge Peyman Armin apologized to Lijana Kaggwa for what she had to experience on Germany's Next Topmodel. He also apologized for being part of Germany's Next Topmodel and promised to never take part in the show again.
In March 2023, BILD published the following message: "If the contestants get along too well, they will receive instructions from the crew to argue and produce beef." The participating contestants are also too young and inexperienced and cannot assess the extent of the show.[7]
In April 2023, Heidi Klum said about everything that happens at Germany's Next Topmodel: "At the end of the day I'm the boss and I make the rules!"[8]
In June 2023, the German TV broadcaster ZDF released a 70-minute investigative documentary about the machinations of the makers of Germany's Next Topmodel called "Pressure, hatred, manipulation: how sick does Germany's Next Topmodel make you?". For this documentary, around 50 former contestants, judges and members of the show's crew were interviewed, some anonymously. The makers of the documentary admitted that they are familiar with difficult investigations, but they have never experienced the level of fear and difficulty associated with Germany's Next Topmodel. Many former participants and employees of the show were afraid to talk about what had happened. A crew member of the show who wished to remain anonymous is quoted as saying: "If you film a young woman from morning to night, you'll get every sectional image you want. So you can cut and tell what you want. A lot of things are cut together wildly. The jobs depend on it. It's about ratings." In addition, former contestants report how the show's editors deliberately foment manipulation, lies and discord among the contestants behind the scenes. The contestants are shielded from the outside world so they lose their nerve and argue. The statements by Heidi Klum, the broadcasting TV station Pro7 and the production company are presented as hypocrisy. Pro7 is said to have earned 87 million euros with the Season 18, and Heidi Klum 10 million euros, while the contestants receive no money. Germany's Next Topmodel has driven some contestants into depression and suicidal thoughts.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
